1,000-yard club: Junior running back Raymond Maples broke 1,000 yards (1,059 yards) for the second straight season. Maples is the third Army player to have back-to-back 1,000-yard seaso...

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Good

1,000-yard club: Junior running back Raymond Maples broke 1,000 yards (1,059 yards) for the second straight season. Maples is the third Army player to have back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons, joining Mike Mayweather (1988-90) and Carlton Jones (2004-05). Maples and quarterback Trent Steelman (1,152) are Army's first duo to rush for 1,000 yards in a season since Nate Sassaman (1,002) and Doug Black (1,148) in 1984.

Bad

Spotty tackling: Temple running backs had their share of running lanes. But when Army defenders were there to make one-on-one tackles, they had trouble bringing rushers down. Montel Harris broke the tackles of linebacker Nate Combs and cornerback Chris Carnegie on a 43-yard run late in the second quarter.

Offense stalls after trick play: Special teams set the Black Knights up for another touchdown after Army cut the lead to 14-7 early in the second quarter. Carnegie caught a popped-up on-side kick on the right sideline at Temple's 41. But Army's offense gained just one yard on the next three plays and punted.

Ugly

Temple's offense awakens: Temple scored more points on Saturday than it did in its previous four games combined (54). The Owls scored a touchdown on nine of their first 10 possessions.

Temple owns Army: Army was defeated by Temple for the fifth straight year. The Owls have won by an average of 22 points.

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WEST POINT — Disappointment wasn't an accurate word to describe Army's performance on Senior Day at Michie Stadium.

Coach Rich Ellerson said a 63-32 loss to Temple was worse. Ellerson's team was kicked in the gut, he said. Repeatedly.

On a day where Army senior quarterback Trent Steelman set the academy record for career rushing touchdowns, Montel Harris and Temple's running game stole the show.

Harris, who didn't practice all week due to a knee injury, set school and Michie Stadium records with 351 yards and seven touchdowns. Temple rolled up 534 rushing yards, the second most allowed by an Army team ever.

"That's on me," said Ellerson, whose team fell to 2-9. "I didn't give the guys on defense the tools they needed to have a chance to compete in that game"»That mess out there belongs to me."

What happened to the Army defense, which held Rutgers to 113 yards last week? Where was the unit that limited Air Force to 103 yards two games ago?

"There were some long runs that were made basically because we had guys that weren't in the right gap," senior linebacker Nate Combs said. "Eyes and feet are essential in this defense and it wasn't here today."

Temple (4-6) wasn't fancy. Junior quarterback Clinton "Juice" Granger, who was making his first start, worked out of the shotgun, handed the ball off to Harris and watched him run. Temple's offensive line, which averages 297 pounds, mauled Army's front.

Harris broke through the line and went untouched on touchdown runs of 60 and 37 yards. Army defenders couldn't get a hand on Matt Brown on a 36-yard score.

Army's defense allowed the most points since Stanford scored a 67-14 win on Oct. 4, 1975.

"It's hard to put this into words," Army senior cornerback Josh Jackson said. "Being the last game I'm going to play in this stadium, it's unfortunate."

Unfortunate for Steelman, who left Michie Stadium craving a win over the many records he's earned. Steelman scored three touchdowns, giving him 44 for his career, passing 1946 Heisman Trophy winner Glenn Davis.

Steelman's fifth straight 100-yard game raised his season total to 1,152 yards, a record for Army quarterbacks.

"I would trade (all of the records) back for a win, to be honest," said Steelman, who was lifted with 10:35 left in the game. "When we have a total team effort, you've seen what we're capable of doing and today, it just wasn't there."

Ellerson wants his team to forget about this defeat as quick as possible. In three weeks, Army battles Navy on Dec. 8 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia for its first Commander in Chief's trophy since 1996.

"As seniors, this is where your character is tested," Jackson said. "We've been tested this whole season, but true character and true leadership is how you overcome both good and bad situations."

"We have a Navy in our sights, and we have to clear and look forward to that one."